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Kairouan, Tunisia
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1/23/2007 |
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Xcess |
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It is in the center area, inside the country, 160 km in the south of the
Capital Tunis and 67 km in the south-west of Sousse. Population
estimated in 1991 surrounding 85 000 Inhabitants.
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| History: |
Kairouan is the spiritual capital of Tunisia, it is
the 4th Holy City of Islam aprés Mècque, Médine
and el Qods (with jerusalem)., founded into 671
by the emir Okba ibn Nafaa, since Kairouan
became the capital of Ifriqiyya then that of the
dynasty of Aghlabides in IXe century.
Forsaken under the dynasty fatimide, the city
found its role of capital with the caliphate Al-
Mansour , in the Xth century. Destroyed into 1057.
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Kairouan was raised again in XVIIe century by Husseïnites.
Then in 1881, and as all Tunisia the city was occupied by the French and released in 1959,
to become a city of the Tunisian republic.
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Monuments And Touristic Attractions
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- The Great Mosque of Kairouan ' Jemaa OQBA '
- The Mosque du barbier
- The Mosque Of The Three Gates
- The Basin of The Aghlabites
- The Médina (The Old City)
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Artisanal Work in Kairouan is a very popular profession,
even an art inherited wire father.Kairoun is known by
it's traditional tapestry of the high quality, and by its
traditional cakes (Makrouds..)
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| Addresses And Useful Informations : |
- Regional Office Of Tourism : Place Basin of Aghlabites 3100 Kairouan (Phone : (+216-77) 231 897)
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